The Pirate Bay down, but few domains are active again
The Pirate Bay is down currently and with no apparent reason or information about the prolonged downtime, users are worried about the worst. About 10 hours after the signs of downtime emerged, few of...
View ArticleBlue Coat reveals web’s shadiest of neighbourhoods
Websites are one of the main entryway for malware to infect your system and in a bid to reveal which all top-level domains could spell a disaster if you visit them, Blue Coat Systems has released a...
View ArticleAshley Madison claims it is growing despite recent data breach
Despite being hacked recently, hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for cheating website Ashley Madison in the last week, the platform’s parent company, Avid Life Media, announced in a...
View ArticleGoogle doodle shows off search gaint’s new logo
Google has changed its logo and to mark the occasion, its home page is hosting a new doodle shows how the seach giant’s logo transformed into a new one. The doodle shows a hand wiping out Google’s old...
View ArticleGoogle, Microsoft, Mozilla, others form Alliance for Open Media
Tech giants Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Netflix have teamed up to enhance online video quality. The new open-source project dubbed Alliance for Open Media is aimed at...
View ArticleGoogle to downrank sites that show annoying interstitial app install ads
In an attempt to make web more user-friendly for mobile users, Google will soon begin to take down on mobile websites that use interstitial app install ads. The search giant said it will downgrade...
View ArticleSpotify re-revises privacy policy; this time explains it in plain English
Last month music-streaming service Spotify faced a user backlash and was accused of Orwellian practices when it updated its privacy policy. However, on Thursday, Spotify once again updated its privacy...
View ArticleMicrosoft Windows 10 users being persuaded to ditch Chrome, Firefox
It seems Microsoft is leaving no stones unturned to persuade Windows 10 users to ditch rival web browsers in favour its new Edge browser. Microsoft is using its Bing search engine to convince the users...
View ArticleFacebook for Work almost ready; will be landing early next year
Fancy Facebooking while on work, but blocked due to corporate and company policies? Well you may soon be able to socialise while working through ‘Facebook for Work’. Yes! Facebook for Work is finally...
View ArticleInjecting Science and Maths into Online Dating
Millions around the world using dating profiles or apps to find their life partner end up disillusioned or disappointed with the results. Obviously, there is some flaw in this 21st century method to...
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